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Poems on Various Subjects

By John Thelwall. In Two Volumes
Thelwall, John (1764-1834)

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VOL I
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POEMS.
  
EDMUND AND ROSALINDA.
  
ALLEN AND MATILDA.
  
ELWIN AND ANNA.
  
THE HERMIT OF THE RUINED PALACE.
  
THE ZEPHYRS.
  
THE METAMORPHOSES.
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THE SEDUCER; ;
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Canto the First.
 2. 
Canto the Second.
  
Canto the Third.
 4. 
Canto the Fourth.
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Canto the Fifth.
  
THE RED-BREAST; :
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Vol. II.
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A DRAMATIC POEM, FOUNDED ON FACTS, RECORDED IN THE REPORTS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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ACT II.
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[SCENE I.]
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
  
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STROPHE I.
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ANTISTROPHE I.
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EPODE I.
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STROPHE II.
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ANTISTROPHE II.
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EPODE II.
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ACT III.
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[SCENE I.]
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE I.
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ACT V.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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ELEGIES, PASTORALS, AND OTHER RURAL POEMS.
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ELEGIES.
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ELEGY I. The ROSE.
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ELEGY II. The INVALID.
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ELEGY III. DESPONDENCY.
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ELEGY IV. The MUSE.
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ELEGY V. The PERSON.
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ELEGY VI. The LARK.
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ELEGY VII. The CONSOLATION.
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ELEGY VIII. The EXECRATION.
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ELEGY IX. TWELFTH DAY.
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ELEGY X. NEW YEAR'S NIGHT
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ELEGY XI. The DEPARTED FRIEND.
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ELEGY XII. The SWALLOWS.
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PASTORALS.
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ECLOGUE I. THE TEARS OF HOBBINOL.
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ECLOGUE II. THE WEEPING LYRE.
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RURAL POEMS.
  
A NOSEGAY.
  
The ROSE.
  
The SPRIG of HAWTHORN.
  
The WOODBINES.
  
The VIOLET.
  
The COWSLIP.
  
The LILY of the VALLEY.
  
[THUS to Reflection's sober train]
  
The TURTLES NEST.
  
EXTEMPORE.
  
SONG.
  
AMBITION AND HUMILITY.
  
SONNET.
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MISCELLANIES.
  
CONTENT.
  
MODERN VIRTUE CONTRASTED WITH ANCIENT IMPIETY.
  
On a Dog laying his Head in the Lap of a Lady, while she was playing on an Harpsichord, and singing.
  
THE SHRINE OF HOWARD.
  
THE TEARS OF THE GENII
  
ODE TO FANCY.
  
EPILOGUE.

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SONG.

The BEST AIR.

They talk of Montp'lier,
And the soft-breathing air
Which blows in the southward of France,
Conducive to health,
Which, far more than wealth,
All the blessings of life can enhance.
Of Lisbon they preach,
And of Italy teach;
But I, in Old England have found
A far better air
Waining health to repair,
Than did e'er on the Cont'nent abound.
Not Zephyrs that play
'Mong the flow'rets of May,
Have so pleasant an influence to cheer!
The air that I mean
Flows forth from between
The bright rosy lips of my dear.
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But, alas! the sweet breath
Can also give death,
As sure as from sickness can save!
At will can destroy,
Or fill me with joy,
And build me a bow'r or a grave!
Then Chloe be kind—
More pleasure you'll find,
If tender and gentle's your breast,
To heal the heart's wound,
Than to deal death around;
And in blessing yourself will be blest!
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